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- Wed May 31, 2006 9:46 am
- Forum: Growing places
- Topic: Turf in greenhouse?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2636
Hello Peter! I would stack the turf outside, but it has to covered or it will try and grow. You should(?) stack it grass-to-grass, soil-to-soil. I did this when I took up some grotty lawn, and I buried it under topsoil in my new raised planting area. About 6 months later when I started to plant ther...
- Fri May 26, 2006 4:47 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Recommendations for Salad Spinner
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3191
- Fri May 19, 2006 9:57 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: new potatoes - then what?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5188
big thankyou !
for alll of those suggestions! pumpkins is also a great idea, something that can deal co-habiting with a bit of couch and bindweed when it becomes rampant!
a very grateful retropants!
a very grateful retropants!
- Wed May 17, 2006 5:16 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: new potatoes - then what?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5188
- Wed May 17, 2006 3:21 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Comfrey
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8746
- Wed May 17, 2006 12:34 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Comfrey
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8746
pooey comfrey!
we have several water tanks, and add chopped comfrey plants to one of these and leave to stew. it don't 'alf pong! this pooey comfrey water is used, diluted to feed toms, peppers, courgettes etc etc. at the end of the season, the gunk is cleared from the bottom of the tank and added to the compost h...
- Wed May 17, 2006 12:30 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: conifer shreddings, too acidic?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6814
Hi Stu_n! I think the shreddings will be good for blueberries, as they love an acid soil full of that sort of thing. We have mixed a load into the soil where we have planted ours , then put a really deep mulch of the shreddings around the plant. Can't tell if it's a success yet, as the plant is so s...
- Wed May 17, 2006 12:12 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: new potatoes - then what?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5188
new potatoes - then what?
Hello, my earlies are almost ready now, and I'd like to try and stop the area where they are from filling up with weeds, as growing the spuds there has really helped to keep them down (area previously gone to weeds due to lack of time!) Can you please suggest soemthing to follow the potaoes with, as...
- Wed May 17, 2006 9:51 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Is it time to panic yet ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2039
Hi Trevor, I've had this problem too, in my early years as a veg grower (ooh get her!!) Unfortunately, mice are keen on sweetcorn seeds, so you may have lost some to the little blighters! To avoid this happening to me again, I sow in pots in my green house (individually, as they do not really like r...
- Wed May 10, 2006 10:05 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Great info website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6119
ieuuw!
interesting, but ieuuw!!
- Mon May 08, 2006 1:30 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Fruit Blossom
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2093
- Mon May 08, 2006 1:28 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Weather causes a pollen explosion which causes asthma?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3884
worst hayfever ever...
Hello Peter, I really sympathise with your wife, and agree with the GP. I have had the most chronic hayfever that I can remember from mid February and it continues. It has been at it's worst during April and May. To concurr with the Doc, me and my mum have noticed that all the fruit trees on the plo...
- Wed May 03, 2006 12:40 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Tomato confusion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7790
- Wed May 03, 2006 9:42 am
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Flowering Rhubarb
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2797
- Tue May 02, 2006 11:58 am
- Forum: Tools and Machinery
- Topic: Soil riddle
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14337